Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-15
SAM J0HES'S SAYINGS.
SHARP AND EPIGRAMMATIC SEN.
FENCES PROM HIS LATEST
SERMONS.
Baltimore American, Jnly Inn

FENCES PROM HIS LATEST
SERMONS.
Baltimore American, July lth.
Sam Jones preached three ser.
mons yesterday. The sermons were.
as usual, striking, the speaker also
bringing his argument home by ant
illustrations and entertaining snec.
dotes. Some of his pithy savings
are here given:
You can't make friends with God
until you're sorry enough of your
sins to quit them.
If a man repents he don't have to
try to believe; it comes of itself
God can't give you faith: you've
got to do that yourself. God gives
you sight, but seeing is your Job
God gives you taste, but do Won
ever ask God to taste ham and
eggs.
You may call this silly talk. but
I'm talking to silly crowd.
Foohshness is what you rub on
foolish people.
a man once said to me. "Mr.
Jones, when you have converted
the hypOcrites come and talk relig.
ion to me. These hypocrites are in
my way | said, "they wouldn't
be in your way if they hadn't got
ahead Of you. Amt you ashamed
to let hypocrites get ahead of you .
I've got more confidence in bread
pills administered by a praying
doctor than the finest science given
by an agnostic.
] understand why old Bob Inger.
soil is an infdel it pays him $500
a night 70 deny God, while he would
not get so a night lecturing that
there is a God.
l wouldn't give ten cents a dozen
for Christians who won't pray in
public.
There are thousand differences
between us, but we are astonish.
ingly alike.
When an engineer gets down
from his cab to oil his machinery
notice that he pours oil out of the
same can upon all the parts, great
and small alike. And so the Great
of the universe pours the
oil of grace from the great heaven.
ly storeheuse upon the great and
small alike, and makes it as easy
for one person as another TO do
right. If there is any one here who
s not what God intended You to be
is because you won't give him a
chance.
an getting sick and tired of
his can't, CTS so hard for me TO
10 right You're good for moth.
ne, that what's the matter with
-Ou.
/ know it's heap easier 70 be a .
gentleman than a vagabond. I've
ried both.
"fou whitened sepulchre,r as ,
Used by Christ, means in nineteenth
century parlance "You whitewash.
ID rascals.'
There is a difference between a
nan washed white and a white.
washed man. Christ's blood wash.
ID white. But when a man is
yhiIewashed it scales of and leaves
pots, and in damp weather it gets
'rown. Some people have got
hree coats Of whitewash on and
'et it keeps sealing off.
There is difference between
est and resting. \ resting is sit.
ing down rested man is up and
IOing something. The first thing
'hrist gives a man is rest, and then
e wants to be doing.
Blessed be they who give. and
lessed be those who do not give.
Or If they are blessed they will
i've.
The last step, the last thought
II earth means goodbye to the
lst opportunity.
God speed the day when the
'hurch will kick out every man
'ithln its borders who deals IN In.
lres. The Church and the preach.
r who depends upon such sort of
eople belongs TO the devil from
at to heels.
Brother, if you are not afraid of
iod, you will have good reason to
,ar every corner of the fence.
God does not care for present
vents; He looks out for final re. ,
llts.
III make my bones ache dancing {
ne pigeon.wiDg fit will help me ..
} heaven.
The curse Of all the churches in 1
lis country is that they have got
lonsands of members who have
ever been convicted of sin, much
ss converted to God.
Whenever anything is wrong
lit it, and quit it short off. A
God many want to taper off in sin.
hey taper off generally to the big !
nd. :
M
The sooner yon die, the sooner I
Quill get to heaven, if you've been !
good man. NO man is going to /
rowl on getting into heaven ahead -
time.
Don't consider yourself safe till
on get there.
Heaven is just on the other side
where a fellow has done his level
EST. The man who thinks he's
.fe, and lies back on his oars
SEES heaven right there.
If | ever fall III get up and run
ght on; and if | can't run III do
me tall crawling.
You take Baptist water, Metho.
st fire and Presbyterian "hold on ?
what you've got" and you've got 8 3